JP2001103144A - Moble phone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mobile phone set that saves a user time and trouble required for the retrieval by eliminating the need for registering same information to each of mobile phone sets even then a plurality of the mobile phone sets are used. SOLUTION: Each of the mobile phone sets is provided with an external input output section 109 that makes connection processing to an external device 20 having a database 203 to which telephone directory information is registered, an entry section 108 that enters various data, a display section 107 that displays various data, a memory 105 that temporarily stores information obtained from the external device 20, a database 106 that stores the telephone directory information, and an information processing section 102 that retrieves the telephone directory information from any of the database 203, the memory 105 and the database 106 on the basis of a prescribed keyword entered by the entry section when the mobile phone is connected to the external device and allows the display section to display the information corresponding to the keyword then the information is acquired.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable telephone having a telephone directory function, and more particularly to a portable telephone which can be connected to an external device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art One of the functions of a portable telephone is a telephone directory function. In the memory functioning as a telephone directory, in addition to telephone numbers, various information corresponding to telephone numbers such as names, addresses, and e-mail addresses are recorded. Is used for various processes. FIG. 9 shows an example of the configuration of a conventional mobile phone. In the figure, a mobile phone 50 includes an antenna 500, a wireless processing unit 501 that performs processing for establishing communication with a base station, and an information processing unit that performs processing required for wireless communication and controls each unit of the mobile phone 50. 502, a speaker 503 for outputting sound, a microphone 504 for inputting sound, a database 505 in which telephone directory information is registered, a display unit 506 for performing various displays,
Input unit 50 for inputting data and performing various instructions
7 are provided.

[0003] In the portable telephone 50 having the above-described configuration, the telephone directory information registered in the database 505 is searched, and this search information is used for making and receiving calls. Specifically, at the time of making a call, as shown in FIG. 10, a predetermined keyword is input to the database 505 functioning as a telephone directory in the mobile phone 50 by using the input unit 507 to search for a corresponding item (phonebook information) ( Step 601). If there is a corresponding item in the database 505, the information is displayed on the display unit 506 (steps 602 and 603). If there is no corresponding item, a display indicating that there is no corresponding information or a next candidate is displayed (steps 602 and 604).

On the other hand, at the time of an incoming call, as shown in FIG. 11, it is determined whether or not data indicating a telephone number has been received from a base station connected to the network at the time of the incoming call (step 70).
1). If the determination in step 701 is affirmed, the database 505 in the mobile phone 50 searches for the unique information corresponding to the received telephone number (step 70).
2). If the unique information corresponding to the received telephone number is registered in the database 505, the unique information is displayed on the display unit 506 as an incoming call display (steps 703 and 704). If it is determined in step 701 that the data indicating the telephone number has not been received from the base station connected to the network, the character string "incoming" is displayed as an incoming call notification (step 705). Further, if it is determined in step 703 that the unique information corresponding to the received telephone number is not registered in the database 505, the telephone number is displayed on the display unit 506 as an incoming call display (step 706).

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 8-13978 discloses that a portable telephone and a personal digital assistant (PDA) are connected, and the telephone directory information of the portable telephone is transmitted to the portable information terminal when a telephone directory is searched from the portable information terminal. An extension method of the telephone directory has been proposed to make up for the shortage of the two telephone directories by transferring and using the telephone directory information of the portable information terminal and the telephone directory information of the cellular phone, and to supplement the effective information retrieval. I have.

[0006]

In the portable telephone having the telephone directory function shown in FIG. 9, necessary information must be registered in advance in the memory of the portable telephone in order to use the telephone directory information. There is. For this reason, if you change your mobile phone to another mobile phone,
When a plurality of mobile phones are used, it is necessary to register the same information in each of the mobile phones, so that there is a problem that it takes much time and effort. Further, the mobile phone shown in FIG. 9 can be used only in the range of the data registered in the database.

Further, when the size of the storage area of the memory of the portable telephone in which the telephone directory information is recorded is increased, the size of the portable telephone itself is increased. In addition, there is a problem that it is difficult to provide a memory with a storage area large enough to store all necessary information.

Further, the system described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 8-13978 is configured to use a telephone directory for data communication using a portable information terminal, so that a telephone directory cannot be used from a portable telephone. Furthermore, since the phonebook management method is managed separately from the phonebook of the portable information terminal and the external phonebook, when searching for the phonebook, the phonebook is searched once in the phonebook inside the portable information terminal, and the search fails. In such a case, it is necessary to switch to an external telephone directory again and perform a search again.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and it is not necessary to increase the storage area for registering telephone directory information and to change a portable telephone to another portable telephone. It is an object of the present invention to provide a mobile phone which does not need to register the same information in each mobile phone even when the mobile phone is used, and which does not have to perform a search.

[0010]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a portable telephone which is connectable to an external device having a database in which telephone directory information is registered. The mobile phone searches the phonebook information of one or both of the storage unit and the database when connected to the external device and the storage unit in which the phonebook information is registered, and based on the searched information. Information processing means for performing various processes.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, in a portable telephone configured to be connectable to an external device having a database in which telephone directory information is registered, when the information processing unit connects to the external device. Since the phonebook information provided in the mobile phone is stored in the storage means or the database, or one or both of the phonebook information is searched, and various processes are performed based on the searched information. Even if the mobile phone is changed to another mobile phone or a plurality of mobile phones are used without increasing the storage area for registering the phonebook information, the same information is stored in each mobile phone. There is no need to register the password. Furthermore, since the storage means for registering the telephone directory information of the mobile phone and the database of the external device in which the telephone directory information is registered are configured to be linked and managed, there is an effect that the retrieval is not troublesome. There is.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a connection means for performing connection processing with an external device having a database in which telephone directory information is registered, an input means for inputting various data, and various information. Display means for displaying information, first storage means for temporarily storing information obtained from the external device, second storage means for storing telephone directory information,
The database based on a predetermined keyword input by the input means when connected to the external device,
And information processing means for retrieving telephone directory information from one of the first storage means and the second storage means and displaying the information on the display means when the information corresponding to the keyword is obtained. It is characterized by the following.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the portable telephone according to the second aspect, the information processing means includes a first storage means, a second storage means, when searching for telephone directory information; The storage contents are referred to in the order of the database.

According to the second and third aspects of the present invention, there are provided a connection means for performing connection processing with an external device having a database in which telephone directory information is registered, and an input means for inputting various data. A display unit for displaying various information; a first storage unit for temporarily storing information obtained from the external device; a second storage unit for storing telephone directory information; At this time, the telephone directory information is searched from one of the database, the first storage means and the second storage means based on the predetermined keyword input by the input means, and information corresponding to the keyword is retrieved. The information processing means for displaying the information on the display means when the information is obtained. In addition to the effect according to claim 1, by using the storage means for temporarily storing information, the external device can be used. After releasing the connection as well, are available once the retrieved information, the effect is obtained that.

[0015]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a configuration of a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention and an external device connected to the mobile phone. In the figure, the mobile phone 10
An antenna 100, a wireless processing unit 101 that establishes communication with a wireless communication base station, an information processing unit 102 that performs processing necessary for wireless communication and controls each unit of the mobile phone 10, and a speaker 103 that outputs audio; Microphone 104 for inputting voice and memory 105 for temporarily storing data
And a database 106 in which telephone information is registered,
A display unit 107 for performing various displays; an input unit 108 for performing data input and various instructions;
And an external input / output unit 109 for performing a connection process with an external device. The memory 105 is the first storage unit of the present invention, the database 106 is the storage unit or the second storage unit of the present invention, the information processing unit 102 is the information processing unit of the present invention, and the input unit 108 is the Display unit 1 as input means
07 corresponds to the display unit of the present invention, and the external input / output unit 109 corresponds to the connection unit of the present invention.

On the other hand, the external device 20 includes an information processing unit 201 for performing connection processing with the mobile phone 10 and controlling each unit, and an external input / output unit 202 for performing connection processing with the mobile phone 10.
And a database 203 in which telephone directory information is registered. In the configuration shown in FIG. 1, the mobile phone 10 and the external device 20 are connected to the external input / output unit 109 of the mobile phone 10.
And the external input / output unit 202 of the external device 20 are wirelessly connected to each other so that data can be mutually transferred.

The connection between the portable telephone 10 and the external device 20 includes a wired connection shown in FIG. 2 in addition to a wireless connection shown in FIG. In FIG. 2, the configuration of the mobile phone 10 and the external device 20 is the external input / output unit 1 of the mobile phone 10.
09 and the external input / output unit 202 of the external device 20 are different from each other only in that they are connected by wire, and the other configurations are basically the same. Duplicate description will be omitted. As shown in FIG. 8, the external device 20 includes a fixed telephone 20A, a mobile telephone 20B, and a personal computer 20C. In addition to those shown in FIG. 8, a PDA (Personal D
digital assistants), clocks and other devices.

Next, the operation of the portable telephone device 10 shown in FIG. 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIG. 3, the mobile phone 10 first establishes a link with the external device 20 according to the procedure shown in FIG. That is, the mobile phone 10 mutually searches for a connected device with the external device 20, makes a connection request to the external device 20, and obtains a response to the connection request from the external device 20. And a negotiation for connection with the external device 20 is performed. As a result, the mobile phone 10 and the external device 20
A link is established between

Next, the contents of processing by the information processing section 102 when the mobile phone 10 searches the telephone directory information will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 4, when searching for telephone directory information, first, a search is performed for a storage area in the memory 105 having a function of temporarily storing data in the mobile phone 10 (step 301). This search is started by inputting a predetermined keyword through the input unit 108. As a result of searching the memory 105, if there is a corresponding item, the information is displayed on the display unit 107 (steps 302 and 303). If there is no corresponding item in step 302, the database 106 in the mobile phone 10 in which the telephone directory information is registered is searched (step 304). If there is a corresponding item, the information is displayed on the display unit 107. It is displayed (steps 305, 303).

If there is no corresponding item in step 305, the external device 20 in which the telephone directory information is registered
Search the database 203 (step 306).
If there is a corresponding item (step 307), the information is registered in the memory 105 in the mobile phone 10 and displayed on the display unit 107 (steps 308 and 30).
3). If there is no corresponding item in step 307, a display indicating that there is no corresponding information or a next candidate is displayed on the display unit 107 (step 309).

Next, a specific operation example of the mobile phone 10 shown in FIG. 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG.
Is a database 106 provided in the mobile phone 10,
The contents of the telephone directory information stored in the memory 105 and the database 203 provided in the external device 20 are shown. As an example, a case where the telephone directory information of “Mr. Tanaka” is searched will be described. By inputting the search keyword as "Tanaka" from the input unit 108, first, the storage content (FIG. 5B) of the memory 105 of the mobile phone 10 for temporarily storing data is searched.

Since "Tanaka" is not registered in the memory 105, the contents (FIG. 5A) of the database 106 functioning as a telephone directory in the mobile phone 10 are searched next. Since information relating to “Tanaka” is not registered in the database 106, as shown in FIG.
From 0, a search request for “Tanaka” is issued to the external device 20. In the external device 20, the information processing unit 201 searches the contents of the database 203 (FIG. 5C). Since “Tanaka” exists in the database 203, the information processing unit 20
1 notifies the mobile phone 10 of the search result via the external input / output unit 202.

Next, the processing contents of the information processing section 102 when the telephone directory search function is used for displaying an incoming call will be described with reference to FIG. In the figure, it is determined whether data indicating a telephone number has been received from a base station connected to a network when an incoming call is received (step 401). Step 401
Is affirmed, the unique information corresponding to the received telephone number is searched from the memory 105 in the mobile phone 10 (step 402). If the unique information corresponding to the received telephone number is registered in the memory 105 (step 403), the searched unique information is displayed on the display unit 107 as an incoming call display (step 404).

On the other hand, if the determination in step 401 is denied, that is, if it is determined that the data indicating the telephone number has not been received, the character string of "incoming" is displayed on the display unit 107 as an incoming call display (step 405). ). If the determination in step 403 is negative, the unique information corresponding to the received telephone number is searched from the database 106 in the mobile phone 10 (steps 403 and 406). The unique information corresponding to the received telephone number is stored in the database 10
6 (step 407), the unique information retrieved as the incoming information is displayed on the display unit 107 (step 404).

If the unique information corresponding to the received telephone number is not registered in the database 106 (step 407), the unique information corresponding to the received telephone number is retrieved from the database 203 in the external device 20 (step 407). Step 408). If the unique information corresponding to the received telephone number is registered in the database 203 (step 409), the searched unique information is registered in the memory 105 in the mobile phone 10 (step 410), and the received information is received as an incoming call notification. The unique information is displayed on the display unit 107 (step 404). Further, when it is determined in step 409 that the unique information corresponding to the received telephone number is not registered in the database 203, the telephone number is displayed on the display unit 107 as an incoming call display (step 411).

According to the portable telephone according to the embodiment of the present invention, database 203 in which telephone directory information is registered
In the mobile phone 10 configured to be connectable to the external device 20 having the information processing unit 102, the information processing unit 102 includes a database 106 in which telephone directory information provided in the mobile phone when connected to the external device 20 is registered. Alternatively, since one or both of the telephone directory information in the database 203 is searched and various processes are performed based on the searched information, the storage area for registering the telephone directory information can be increased without increasing the storage area. Whether you're changing your phone to another phone or using multiple phones,
An advantage is obtained in that it is not necessary to register the same information in each mobile phone.

Further, the database 106 in which the telephone directory information of the mobile phone 10 is registered and the database 203 of the external device 20 in which the telephone directory information is registered are configured to be managed in cooperation with each other. There is also an effect that it does not take time.

According to the portable telephone according to the embodiment of the present invention, database 2 in which telephone directory information is registered is stored.
, An input / output unit 109 for inputting various data, a display unit 107 for displaying various information, and information obtained from the external device 20. 1 for temporarily storing
05, a database 106 for storing telephone directory information,
A database 20 based on a predetermined keyword input by the input unit 108 when connected to the external device 20
3. an information processing unit 102 that searches the telephone directory information from one of the memory 105 and the database 106 and displays the information on the display unit 107 when the information corresponding to the keyword is obtained. By using the memory 105 for temporarily storing the information, the information obtained once can be used even after the connection with the external device 20 is released.

[0029]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, in a portable telephone configured to be connectable to an external device having a database in which telephone directory information is registered, the portable telephone is connected to the external device by the information processing means. At this time, one or both of the database and the database in which the telephone directory information provided in the mobile phone is registered is searched, and various processes are performed based on the searched information. Even if the mobile phone is changed to another mobile phone or a plurality of mobile phones are used without increasing the storage area for registering the phonebook information, the same There is an effect that there is no need to register information. Furthermore, since the storage means for registering the telephone directory information of the mobile phone and the database of the external device in which the telephone directory information is registered are configured to be linked and managed, there is an effect that the retrieval is not troublesome. There is.

According to the second and third aspects of the present invention, there are provided connection means for performing connection processing with an external device having a database in which telephone directory information is registered, and input means for performing input of various data. Display means for displaying various information, and a first means for temporarily storing information obtained from external information.
Storage means, a second storage means for storing telephone directory information, and the database based on a predetermined keyword input by the input means when connected to an external device,
And information processing means for retrieving telephone directory information from one of the first storage means and the second storage means and displaying the information on the display means when the information corresponding to the keyword is obtained. Therefore, in addition to the effect described in claim 1, by using the storage means for temporarily storing information, it is possible to obtain the effect that the information once searched can be used even after disconnection from the external device. Can be

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of a configuration of a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention and an external device connected to the mobile phone.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing another example of the configuration of the mobile phone according to the embodiment of the present invention and an external device connected to the mobile phone.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a control sequence when the mobile phone shown in FIG. 1 is connected to an external device.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of processing contents of an information processing unit in the mobile phone shown in FIG.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing contents stored in respective storage units of the mobile phone and the external device in FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing another example of the control sequence when the mobile phone in FIG. 1 is connected to an external device.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing another example of the processing content of the information processing unit in the mobile phone shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of an external device connected to a mobile phone.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of a conventional mobile phone.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an example of processing performed by an information processing unit in the mobile phone illustrated in FIG. 9;

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing another example of the processing performed by the information processing unit in the mobile phone shown in FIG. 9;

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 10 mobile phone 20 external device 100 antenna 101 wireless processing unit 102, 201 information processing unit 103 speaker 104 microphone 105 memory 106, 203 database 107 display unit 108 input unit

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A mobile phone configured to be connectable to an external device having a database in which telephone directory information is registered, wherein the mobile phone includes a storage unit in which telephone directory information is registered, and a connection to the external device. A mobile phone, comprising: searching for the telephone directory information in one or both of the storage means and the database when the operation is performed, and performing various processes based on the searched information; 2. A connection means for performing connection processing with an external device having a database in which telephone directory information is registered; an input means for inputting various data; a display means for displaying various information; First to temporarily store information obtained from an external device
A storage unit for storing telephone directory information; and a database based on a predetermined keyword input by the input unit when connected to the external device;
An information processing means for retrieving telephone directory information from one of the first storage means and the second storage means and displaying the information on the display means when information corresponding to the keyword is obtained; A mobile phone comprising: 3. The information processing unit according to claim 2, wherein when searching the telephone directory information, the information processing unit refers to stored contents in the order of the first storage unit, the second storage unit, and a database. Mobile phone.